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Page 8 Texas Tuesday, May 4 1954 ON SECOND THOUGHT By DAVE CAMPBELL Xews-Trlbnne Editor HERE AND THERE: The Texas schoolboy track meet comes up in Austin this week end and the event wUl signal another rush to lign UP some of the more outstandinp athletes to football letters of intent. A number of exceptional prospects, sach as Ed Dudley of Pampa and Ray Masters of will be eligible for signing Vork 7 after the meet. Coaches with an eye on prospects competing in base -1 Tyler ..............................13 i Austin ...........................12 Galveston ........................11 .......................10 1 Corpus I Bnan Temple I TEXAS LEAGUE i Prt. San .609 1 Fort Worth ...................14 12 i Shi'eveport ....................14 12 .538 Beaumont .......................14 12 .538 ..........................14 12 i Tulsa ..............................10 18 .435 City .............10 14 .417 Houston ..........................8 15 Galveston Edges Waco Pirates, 5-4 AMERICAN I.KAGl'E Chicasu ..........................12 Detroit 9 Cleveland ......................9 Philadelphia .................8 Br)ston ball must wait a while. That schoolboy sport lasts another three or four weeks All-state tackle Matt Gorges of Harlingen has chosen Rice Institute for the next stop -------------------------------------------his athletic career, while has a surplus of pitching i all-state end, Bill Anderson, has since he took selected Baylor Those in the charge in 1951.

in the mi- York 9 know predict there will be more pitching is good and 2 7 conference on the along to the point where some Milwaukee 5 recruiting of athletes than ever before this NATIONAL LKAGIE 6 7 7 8 9 7 12 9 Prt, .667 .643 .600 .438 .400 .357 .306 Prt. .600 .56.3 .500 M2 .357 GALVESTON. Texas. May 3-UP Stafford drove home the winning run in the ninth inning as Galveston edged Waco 5 to 4 in a Big State League game Monday night. A chilled audience of 125 fans watched the game as a 20 -mile- per-hour north wind played havoc with the fielders.

In the third i ning, a wind-blown pop-up that fell safely for a two-run single became CB the center of a heated debate tween Waco manager Jack Paepke and the umpires. The game was finished under protest. GB IH IH IH 4 4H 1 IH 2H 4 4 5H GB 2 4 iH lost his third game of the year while veteran righthander Vallie Eaves pitched the ninth inning for the Caps to win his second straight relief victory. ab a Gal 4 13 3 Perez.2 Babcock.2 5 0 0 2 Sandrsn 3 5 2 0 0 Mathws.rf 5 12 0 Staiiord.li 5 17 0 Robinsn.1 ab a 5 13 4 Zonta.rf FalU.U Paepke.c Cooper, 1 Sanchez, 5 2 8 0 Riddle 4 15 0 GraVes.cf 3 0 0 2 Barceto.s 4 10 1 Konick.p a-Logan Eaves, 2 2 2 2 0 0 9 0 5 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 9 25 8 Totals 37 13 2712 a-Grounded out for Konlck in 8th. Waro 210 000 Galveston 003 000 Pirate lefthander Roger Sawyer MYRON (DICK) HOFFMAN MEET THE PIRATES year soon we will be equal to the i other pitching in the ma- All season Ions Waco Pirate ice V' not a it alwa.vs can get plenty itae IVe been in of A statement this week by Pittsburgh general manager Branch Rickey bolsters that attitude.

Rickey declared the Pirate organization has reached a stage haw had to add to the farm system by taking on teams like Lubbock, Salinas and Phoenix, plus putting some boys out on friendly agreements, outside ourj organization. Williamsport Loaded with Hurlers was the main reason I made an agreement with Williamsport. I know whether we can give them other player help, but they were stocked with 12 pitchers by us. They carry that many and this is the same situation with almost all of our dubs. a major league team has to place players outside its own organization, it is a healthy sign.

I venture to say that all of oiir minor league teams will be in their pennant races strictly on pitching I Several of affiliates, Incidentally, are off to good starts. The New Orleans team is battling lor the Southern Association lead, rookie Gene Freese is leading that loop in hitting, and pitchers Elroy MONDAYS RLSILTS RtC Slate liMVue S. 4. HarliPijen 7. Austin 1.

Corpus Chrisll 2L Temple 2. Bryan ST, Tyler 6. Texas Leasna Dallas 7. Houston 6. San Antonio 2.

Fort Worth 0. Tulsa 1-5. Shreveport 0-3. Beaumont at Oklahoma rain. Leacne Chicago 14.

3 Cleveland at Washington, rain. NatkMial St. Louis 8. New York 2. BrookbTi at cold.

Only games scheduled. Note: This teenth in a series on Pirates). the semipro baseball dur- Face and Ed are among the leading pitchers Andy Denver team has made a strong start in the Western League, with Reno DeBenedetti pasting opposition hurling with gusto. detti with New Orleans in that exhibition game here, and once was expected to end up the Pirates Righthander Bill MacDonald, who a few years ago was considered one of the brighter prospects in the Buc organization, has been optioned by to the Class Billings team. MacDonald for the last two years has been plagued by an ailing arm Cutting down time soon will arrive for Big State tpnmc Waro at oresent is CinclnnaU L.eague teams, waco ai present i 2 or Antonelii 2 1 vs.

carrying 20 players, and probably will trim down to 18. Most likely; (night)-sur- I iCOril DUlIl to go are of the pitcners. pwiadelphia at St. Lnuis erts 2 21 vs. Haddlx Richards Declares Yanks Through WHKRE THEY PI.AY TODAY Bis State at GalveMton.

Austin at Harlingen. Temple at Corpus ChristL Tyler at Bnan. Texas Leagita Houston at San Antonk) at Fort Worth Beaumont at Oklahoma City. at Tulsa. American l.eagae Chicago at Washington vs.

McDermott Cleveland at Philadelphia (3-0) vs. Trice Baltimore at New (2-1) vs. Morgan (1-0). Detroit at (2-0) vs. Nixon Nattofial League vs.

Ted First 1 eu nas irsi reADY Heavy Batting poR SURGERY Paul Richards, manager of the son of 1952, is the most improved Chicago WTiite Sox. some days ago player in the league, and label declared the Yankees are through. him a cinch for the big leagues, and predicted his club will be the Despite his several years of pro team to dethrone them. His secret ball. Walls is only 21.

how weapon, he said, was pitching. Hollywood manager Bobby Bragan now, Fd estimate we are describes present-day tal- at least 35 per cent better than ents: can hit the ball out of the Yankees in he as- the park. He can bunt and beat llll OOX 0 it out. He can steal bases. He can Now few critics will agree with fly and he can throw i BOSTON, May 3 Richards on that statement, but, the of liams went through his first heavy his pitchmg of late has indicated Matthews, Milwaukee 22-year-oId batting practice with the Boston that the Waxahachie product knew sluggmg star, is he spoke.

Bob the, before through says i injured slugger may be him out as long as two months. SS 0 1 with a two- bome run kmg Red Sox rookie Washington this week end. weeKs, ing his 1951-52 stay at Hood. Hoffman ran up a total of 52 vic- A hitch in the service at Fort tories against eight losses while makes Myron (Dick) Hoff- pitching for teams at Gatesville, i man no stranger to the Central Bartlett, Belton and Killeen as Texas scene, for the Pirates Hood. righthander cut a wide swath in Hoffman, now 23, out in baseball with the Detroit Tigers chain but they lost him by failure to send him a contract after the season.

That made him a free agent and after his service hitch, he hooked on with the Pittsburgh chain after a 11 -day tryout with the National League club. He was farmed to Hutchinson, of the Class Association last year and recorded a 15-11 won-lost mark and a neat 2.64 earned run mark. So up to Waco he was sent. Hoffman started out in baseball at Thomasville, where he had a 9-8 record for the Class Georgia-Florida League club. He was with Butler, in the Mid- Atlantic and Jamestown, N.

of the Pony League briefly during the 1950 year. During his off season, Hoffman worked as a home interior decorator at his hometown, Milton, Pa. married name is Betty), stands 5-11 and weighs in at 175 pounds. He went right into baseball after graduating from high school, having posted five no-hitters dur-. ing his schoolboy career.

He added a sixth for Hood against Camp Chaffee during his first Texas tour. die t. Perez 2. Matthews. RBI-Paepke.

Falls. Stafford 2. Riddle 2. Graves. Riddle 3.

Sandersoa Graves. 12. Galveston 9. Konii-k. 2.

Jinnick 7, Konick 3. Konlck in 8. and Reeder. A-125. G)rpus Blasts Temple, 21-2 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May, Cliristi pounded two i Temple pitchers for 17 hits Mon-! day night to win 21 to 2 and break a five-game Big State League losing streak.

DETERMINE NOT TO RUN IN PREAKNESS STAKES LOUISVILLE, May Andrew J. Crevolin decided Monday not to run Determine, his Kentucky Derby winner, in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico May 22, because figured we had enough glory, anyhow, and I want to make my trainer Willie Molter, who trains the tiny for the California stable, persuaded Oevolin to change his mind about entering in the Preakness because he believed the horse needed a rest. raced hard and done everything asked him to Molter said as he left Monday for California. But Oevolin obviously felt differently about condition, and it until he learned of opinion that he decided to skip the Maryland race. 1 2 9 1 4 0 llagles ab 0 a ab a Daehn rf 5 3 3 1 Wilkinsn.s 6 3 13 Steele.3 4 0 3 2 Capps 3 4 0 Haman.s 5 12 2 Roberts.l 7 4 BelLlf 5 13 0 Ptschow.rf 4 2 2 110 Schrodr.lf 4 2 Moyer.l 1 0 7 0 Bighm.rf 2 Coopmn.2 3 0 2 3 Peacock.c 5 2 K.Jones.c 3 0 3 0 5 15 4 Carson.p 110 0 Sims.p 3 10 2 Newcom 2 1 0 1 a-Andersn 10 0 0 Missions Clip Ft.

Worth, 2-0, To Hike Lead FORT WORTH, May Score by BUS surprising San Antonio Missions ooo oao 2 their Texas league lead 4 0 Monday night by taking a 2-to-O Kinaman 1 0 victory over Fort on the ed off to a four-run lead in the i first inning, pounding the offerings of John Andre. FIRST GAME Srare hjr II Shreveport ....................000 000 4 Tulsa ...............................000 000 I Asker and Kinaman. Moffett and MartlfL SECOND GAME of Charley masterful two-hitter. slants kept the usually powerful Fort Worth batting attack well in check. 32 24 9 Totals 44 17 27 13 a-Grounded out for Newcom in 9th.

Temple 010 001 00(K- 2 Corpus Chrlsti 401 340 Stutts. Wilkinson. Capps 4. Rob- Antonto ...................000 101 000-2 11 1 erts 4. Petschow 3.

Schmeder 2. Bigham. Worth ...................000 000 2 1 i Peacock 3. J. Jones.

Sims 2. I Locke and Hopkins: Lemish and Staples 5. Steele, Hamman. Bell StutU. K.

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Coopman Daehn, Steele: Wilkinson. J. Jones. Roberts. 11.

Corpus ChrlsU 12. 4. New- TOjm 5. Sims 8. 3, Sims HO-Carson 10 in 3 2-3.

HBP Newcom U-Bahr and Harper. DALLAS, May 3 UP Dallas Eagles, battling for a spot in the close-bunched Texas League leaders, squeezed two runs across in the ninth inning Monday night to defeat the last-place Houston Buffs 7 to 6 Houston had gone ahead with a Clip Austin, i -1 I three-run burst in the eighth frame! HARLINGEN. Texas, May in a game that saw the lead Nelson gave up 12 hits sawing back and forth, but kept them well scattered as the Harlingen Capitols beat the Austin Pioneers 7 to 1 in the first of their two-game series Monday night. Ans Angeio.cf Hausmn 2 Mays.s Nettles, rf 1 Gaspar.c Rodrgz.p McNeal.p -Dells ah a Har 5 2 0 4 13 1 Malgmi.2 5 3 0 8 Carptr.l 4 10 0 Lopez.3 3 0 3 0 Perez.s 4 12 4 Esohar.rf 4 0 12 0 Skelton.c 4 2 2 0 Martinz.lf 3 2 0 0 Nelson.p 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 ab a 0 3 0 2 3 4 215 0 2 13 0 4 6 3 10 2 0 2 10 0 10 4 Totals 37 12 24 13 Totals 37 13 27 a-Grounded out for McNeal in 9th. Austin 001 000 Harlingen 021 000 Malgarini, Carpenter, Lopez.

Escobar 2. Skelton 2. Nettles. 2, Nelson. Angeto, Lopez.

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Carpenter; Perez. Carpenter. LOB- Austin 11. Harlingen 10. 2, Itodriguez 4.

2. and Terris. Houston ..........................000 012 9 3 i Dallas ..............................000 013 12 1 Jackson. Patrick 6. Lewey 8 and Rand: McLeland, Gibion 8 and Martin.

Oilers Clip Sports Twice TULSA, May 3 The Tul-' sa Oilers won a doubleheader from the Shreveport Sports Monday night, taking the first game 1 to 0 and the second 5 to 3. 'The first game was a duel between Billy Muffett, who spun a three-hitter, and Tommy Acker, who held the Sports to three hits. The I winning tally came in the bottom of the ninth inning. In the second game, Tulsa jump- HAROLD DUNCAN obout this question i own a small cottogo at Whitney. Will my Household Goods Policy cover my furniture and clothing there, or must I Insure it separately? For the answer to this and other insurance questions, feel free to call Fitzhufh A Co.

at 4-8S58. MILWALTCEE, May 3 Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, playing with a broken wrist since April 21 and benched for weak hitting, flew to New York Monday for an operation which may keep Don Johnson came up hitter and yesterday Sandy Con- duplicated that feat. That.ifrt of recorf in futility the other of course, doesn't include any work dfV. he hit into two double by Billy Pierce, the best pitcher: tnple play Schreiber during a drill in Williams swung hard on pitches offered by Tom Brewer, Bill Henry, Tom Herrin and Coach on the club for the full season. guy wno IS supposea Pacific coast criMcs report Lee Ted place.

Note the dif- Walls, a Pirate in the sea- ference? successive times at bat the; Harvard indoor batting cage guy who IS supposed to have taken observers commented that he, did not once favor his injured shoulder. never seen him any, BANTEM BEN ENTERS U. S. NATIONAL OPEN nella said, "and another said 10 weeks. It all depends on how fast I heal, I Handicap Golf Tourney Set Rasclii Hurls The Cup handicap match play tournament gets under enthused Manager Lou Boudreau, whose cellar-dwelling Red Sox scored for the past 21 consecutive innings.

in better condition than I was when I came back last year commented Williams, who batted 59 entrants. Lester (Budda) Kizer .407 and hit 13 home runs in 37 won the event last year but left NEW YORK, May 3 Ben event at Springfield, N. June 2 year ago after his Monday for a session in the Hogan formally entered the 1954 17-19, will give Hogan four open charge from Korean service. Air Force, so will not be able to U. S.

National Open golf missed Two of five stitches were his title. '52 when Julius Boros won yesterday from the incision; First-round matches, with Sun- 1 1 over broken collarijone and i day the final will be: a remainder are scheduled to be Harold Clark vi Tom May. John Spenoer nounced that the tiny Texan, dozen a year tomorrow. Doctors say won the title for the fourth time I accident in vt. Dr.

Brown last year at Oakmont, l)eaten ha.vten collar-Goddard, carlo Foru one of the six former champions 18-hole for the Mas- season, among 405 golfers who already tournament title at Augusta. ment Monday in quest of a record- breaking fifth championship. The U. S. Golf Association an- hav'e entered this event.

last month. Hogan, who previously had won executive secretary of the in 1948, 1950 and 1951, now USGA, announced that Snead, is tied with Bobby Jones and Will ie Anderson for most open cham pionships. A in this tournament at the Baltusrol golf club. Signs never nas won ine open ui- 1 also has entered this i TOtlCFS SPORTS TODAY VI, Col. M.

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Vlrgll Walker Tommy Henderaon, Dr. H. Trip- CHICAGO. May pett hye. DeWitt hye, BUI Patter- Besides Hogan, the former cham-: prize antique, LeRoy "Satch-1 jiS pions again entered were Johnny el Paige, who recently spumed a McMahan, a b.

Lewter Dr. d. I Farrell, the host pro who won in $20,000 contract offered by the a 1928; Gene Sarazen (1922 and Angeles Angels, still will make aiteraon br. a Malrid. Lloyd Mangrum (1946), Lew living as a pitcher, it was an-1 I Worsham (1947) and (Zary nounced Monday.

a i i coff (1949). Despite his age, estimated from Anglers Club to Mciel I Other entries finished among his admitted 46 to nearly 60, Paige The film for will I the top 20 last year and are ex -1 signed a contract with the rejuven- empt from were George ated Harlem Globetrotters team, Fazio, Jackie Burke, Jim Tur- agreeing to act as general man- nesa, Ted Kroll, Pete agpr as well as pitch. BASKBALL Pirates vs. Galveston Caps in Galveston. Waco High vs.

Corsicana at Ki- Clarence Doser, as well as the be shown Wednesday night when members of the Waco Qub meet at the Health Omp on Lake Meeting time is 7:30 p. m. wanis Field, District 7-AA baseball. La Vega vs. West at La District 16-A baseball.

Tech vs. Waxahachie in Waxahachie, District 7-AA balL GOLF Lake Waco weekly pUkV. Waco Ck)lf Barbecue and business meeting at First National camp at 7 p. m. SOFTBALL YMCA Church League play.

Softball Association play at Kiwanis (jom- pany First National Bank; L. L. Sams vs. AAA Lumber Co. At Hardware vs.

Phillips No. 2 TERMS X- Cify fire Bottcry Co. 1953 low amateur, Frank Souchak of Pittsburgh. Entries for this open tournament close May 24. 'The record field was 1,688 for the 1952 event, Sectional qualifying tournaments will be held at 32 sites, June 7, i for places in the tenimament i er.

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LOUIS, May 3-UP- Big Vic Raschi, a rookie in the National League, held the New Yorii Giants to seven scattered hits Monday night to give the St. Louis Cardinals an 8 to 2 victory. 'The veteran righthander, who came to the Cards after six and one-half years with the New York Yankees, struck out four to register his second win. He has no defeats. Only one of the hits off him, Monty fifth homer, was damaging.

It followed one of his three walks and gave the Giants a 2 to 0 advantage that lasted only until the came to bat in they- half of the first inning. A walk, A1 error and more passes gave St. Louis its first run, and Tom two- run double knocked out starter Ruben Gomez. a ah a 4 0 8 1 Moon.cf 3 110 4 0 10 Schdlnst 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 Muslal.rf 10 10 4 110 Jablnskl.S 4 111 4 110 Alston.1 4 2 2 4 2 3 0 RpUkl.lf 3 0 2 0 4 0 .1 4 Grmmai.i 4 14 5 2 0 2 3 Rire.r 3 15 0 1 0 0 0 lUschi 3 0 11 hind to edge the Tyler Tigers 8 to 6 in the opener of a two-game Tyler ab li a Bryan ah li a 5 14 1 Argudin.3 4 2 3 Brwlng.ci 3 14 0 Serpee.If 3 110 Davis.3 4 1 2 1 A Cabrea.l 4 2 fl 0 Santmro.l 5 2 4 0 Dpschdt.cf 4 18 0 James. If 4 12 0 Atkins rf 5 0 0 0 4 2 5 3 Crmona.3 4 2 1 6 Kawalec.rf 3 0 10 Mntelngo.s 3 13 1 Cullins.2 4 2 2 1 Frazler.3 0 0 0 0 BftKwell 3 0 0 1 Hemdez.r 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 L.Macha.p 1 0 4 a Ferro 1 0 Speth.p 0 0 0 0 8 12 2713 out for In 8th.

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